John 2:13-16

Expanded Bible

¹³ When it was almost time for the Jewish Passover Feast [^Cannual festival that celebrates God’s rescue of Israel from Egypt; Ex. 12], Jesus ·went [^Lwent up] to Jerusalem. ¹⁴ In the Temple [area; ^Cnot in the Temple proper, but in the outer courtyard, the Court of the Gentiles] he found people selling cattle, sheep, and ·doves [or pigeons; ^Cfor sacrifices in the Temple]. ·He saw others sitting at tables, exchanging different kinds of money [^L…and moneychangers sitting; ^Cthe annual temple tax (Ex. 30:11–16) had to be paid in Tyrian shekels, because of their high quality silver]. ¹⁵ Jesus made a whip out of cords and forced all of them, ·both [with] the sheep and cattle, to leave the Temple. He turned over the tables and scattered the money of ·those who were exchanging it [^Lthe moneychangers]. ¹⁶ Then he said to those who were selling ·doves [or pigeons], “Take these things out of here! Don’t make my Father’s house [^Cthe Temple was God’s home on earth; 1 Kin. 8] a ·place for buying and selling [^La house of market/trade]!”